Pamphlet and book cover



B. E. STEPHENS 1,870,183

PAMPHLET AND BOOK COVER Aug. 2, 1932.

Filed Dec. 51, 1930 Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITE STATES PATENT GFFSCEPAMPHLET AND BOOK COVER Application filed December 31, 1930.

This invention relates to covers for newspapers, pamphlets or othersheets, and has for its principal object the provision of a simple andinexpensive protective cover i which may be made of heavy paper or otherflexible sheet material and which is adapted to fold about and enclosethe newspaper to furnish a neat and compact, book-like file or folder.More specific features of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and will be pointed out in the appended claims.

A recommended embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying draw- 5 ing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the folded cover applied to a newspapersection;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the partially opened cover, showing the top ormore remote end of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective illustrating the mode of affixingthe newspaper to the cover;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the opened cover; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the cover is made.

The improved cover may be made from a sheet of heavy paper or the likeof generally rectangular shape, which is preferably out and scored toprovide the weaken ed fold lines indicated in Fig. 5. These weakenedlines divide the blank into four main rectangular sections including thefront and back outer or cover sections 11 and 12 respectively, andinwardly foldable center sections 13 and 14 of the completed and closedcover or folder. The parallel fold lines 15 define the back 16 of thefolder which connects the cover sections 11 and 12 and the weakenedlines 17 provide a bellows fold 18 intermediate the center sections 13and 14. The fold 18 is preferably separated from the back panel 16 by anopening 19 cut in the center of the blank and relieving the sheet fromthe strain and wear of a four-way fold at this point.

Upper edge panels 20 and 21 are defined by the corresponding fold lines22 and 23, and these panels separate sections 11 and 12 from sections 13and 14 respectively, and con- Serial No. 505,682.

stitute the primary fold of the cover. Aligned binding strips 24 and 25foldable on lines 26 and 27 relative to sections 11 and 13 respectively,extend along one side of the blank and are separated by a notch 28located at the primary fold. The marginal strips are folded inwardlytoward the sections 11 and 13 and the newspaper 29 is preferablyattached to their outer sides by stitch- :ing 30 in the manner shown inFigs. 3 and 4.

page of the paper is displayed uppermost.

The ultimate fold lines of the newspaper and cover are indicated at 31and 32 in Fig. 4, line 31 defining the primary fold and line 32 thesecondary or double fold.

Accordingly, to close the folder, the cover and newspaper are foldedtogether first along the transverse axis 31 and the doubled portions arethen folded on their longitudinal axes 32 so that the quarter sections11, 12, 13 and 14 are ultimately disposed in superposed relation withthe center sections 13 and 14 juxtaposed and the web or bellows 18folding inwardly therebetween. The panel 16 lies along the back of thefolder and the webs 20 and 21 enclose the newspaper at one end thereof,the paper being neatly folded to onefourth of its original size andbeing adequately protected from tearing, soilage or other 1n ury.

The folder may conveniently be held in this condition by means of anelastic band 33 which may be stitched to the back 16 at 34, and it willbe apparent that the compact and handy package may be deposited in astack or file or stood upright upon a shelf in the manner of a book. Theback and front cover of the folder may be labeled with the title of thenewspaper or pamphlet which it contains, and it is obvious that anydesired sheet or article may be suitably formed in the cover.

It will also be understood that the form or structural details of theimproved cover or folder may be varied to suit particular purposeswithout departing from the essence of this invention as defined in theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A foldable cover of the class described, comprising a substantialllyrectangular sheet of flexible material having intersecting, primary andsecondary foldlinesdividin it into four sections, a pair of separatedinding strips pivotably connected to two of said'sec tions along oneedge of said sheet, for the attachment of a newspaper to -the cover, the

sheet having an opening at the intersection of said fold lines, so thatthe cover andnewspaper may be folded along the axis of the primary foldline and then along the axis of the secondary fold line to produce acompact structure in Which two of said sections constitute outer coversand the other two sections are juxtaposed at the center of the foldedarticle.

2. An article of the class described, comprising a substantiallyrectangular cover sheet of flexible material having intersecting,primary and secondary fold lines dividing it into four rectangularsections, andan opening'at the intersection of said fold lines, themarginal portions of two adjacent sections being foldable inwardly toprovide spaced binding strips at one edge of thesheet, and asecond sheetsuperposed upon the opened cover sheet andattached at one margin totherespective binding strips, so that both sheets may be folded along theprimary fold line and then along, the secondary fold line-substantiallyto enclose the second sheet within the folded cover.

In testimony whereofI afli'xmy signature.

BRADFORD E. STEPHENS;

